Definition:a deadly brain disease that affects cattles and some other animals like sheeps and goats that is iincurable
= Mad Cow Disease is a part of Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathy
Medical name: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Symptoms: attack people, stagger as they walk, kick their owners, eat other cows --> agressive
- the milk and muscles(meat) are less likely to be infectecd with the disease
- being a brain and nervous system disease, eating meat with/contain nervous system will be more likely to catch the disease
- human, especially caucasians (rarely other races) have a certain gene that makes it easier to catch the disease
- realized a series of symptoms in england in 1985
Mad Cow Disease Overview
Definition:a deadly brain disease that affects cattles and some other animals like sheeps and goats that is iincurable= Mad Cow Disease is a part of Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathy
Medical name: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Symptoms: attack people, stagger as they walk, kick their owners, eat other cows --> agressive
- the milk and muscles(meat) are less likely to be infectecd with the disease
- being a brain and nervous system disease, eating meat with/contain nervous system will be more likely to catch the disease
- human, especially caucasians (rarely other races) have a certain gene that makes it easier to catch the disease
- realized a series of symptoms in england in 1985
- Symptoms
- Facts (fun??)
- Statistics
- Future Prognosis
- Work Cited
Ferreiro, Carmen. Mad Cow Disease. Ed. I. Edward Alcamo. New York: Chelsea House, 2004.Sheen, Barbara. Mad Cow Disease. New York: Lucent Books, 2004.
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/page268.cfm
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